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Dudng 1943 the Elected Members of the Council of Government had petitioned the Secretary of State... more Dudng 1943 the Elected Members of the Council of Government had petitioned the Secretary of State for the Colonies to restore Self-Government to Malta. On 7 July 1943, the Colonial Secretary declared that upon the cessation of hostilities responsible government would be restored. He also promised that responsible Maltese opinion would be consulted on the form the new Constitution should take. On 8 December 1943, the Elected Members of the Council of Government sent circulars to all the Constituted Bodies recognised hy Government calling upon them to send two delegates each to a Congress which would take steps to convene a National Assembly whose purpose would be to draft a new C@nstitution for Malta. (1) Major Roger Strickland,' who had succeeded Lord Gerald Strickland as leader of the Constitutionals upon the latter's death in 1940, said that the Congress had to be guided in its decisions by the necessity of presenting a united Maltese front for the Maltese. (2) The representatives of the political parties also decided that there should not be. any formal representation on party lines so as to make it easier to retain the desired united front.

Dudng 1943 the Elected Members of the Council of Government had petitioned the Secretary of State... more Dudng 1943 the Elected Members of the Council of Government had petitioned the Secretary of State for the Colonies to restore Self-Government to Malta. On 7 July 1943, the Colonial Secretary declared that upon the cessation of hostilities responsible government would be restored. He also promised that responsible Maltese opinion would be consulted on the form the new Constitution should take. On 8 December 1943, the Elected Members of the Council of Government sent circulars to all the Constituted Bodies recognised hy Government calling upon them to send two delegates each to a Congress which would take steps to convene a National Assembly whose purpose would be to draft a new C@nstitution for Malta. (1) Major Roger Strickland,' who had succeeded Lord Gerald Strickland as leader of the Constitutionals upon the latter's death in 1940, said that the Congress had to be guided in its decisions by the necessity of presenting a united Maltese front for the Maltese. (2) The representatives of the political parties also decided that there should not be. any formal representation on party lines so as to make it easier to retain the desired united front.